Category «Internet»

Microsoft Launches Technology Platform to Collect, Store and Share Health Information

Press release: “Joined by nationally recognized medical providers, health-management device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations, Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft® HealthVault, a software and services platform aimed at helping people better manage their health information. The company outlined its vision for ways that HealthVault can bring the health and technology industries together to create new …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft, Search Engines

UC Berkeley Releases Entire Course Lectures Free on YouTube

Press release – “Further expanding public access to its intellectual riches through the most popular Web destinations, the University of California, Berkeley, announced today (Wednesday, Oct. 3) that it is making entire course lectures and special events available, free of charge, on YouTube. UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

2007 Top 10 Worst Polluted Places

Press release: “U.S.-based Blacksmith Institute, an independent environmental group, in partnership with Green Cross Switzerland, [September 12, 2007] issued their Top Ten list of the world’s most severely polluted places. Overall, the Top Ten sites lie in seven countries and affect a total of more than 12 million people.” 2007 Full Report – The Top …

Subjects: Internet

The Mexico Freedom of Information Program

Press release: “In celebration of International Right to Know Day the National Security Archive’s Mexico Project is launching a new Web site dedicated to its Transparency and Freedom of Information Program. The Web site features a new publication on the week-long media initiative Mexico Abierto, which launched its first edition during the week of March …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Internet

A Cyberinfrastructure Primer for Librarians

Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1 – A Cyberinfrastructure Primer for Librarians, by Anna Gold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lib Magazine, September/October 2007, Volume 13 Number 9/10. “The following two-part article is offered to help open up the discussion with library practitioners working directly with research faculty and graduate students, advising on issues of scholarly …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Dell is First Major Computer Company to go Carbon Neutral

Press release: “Dell today became the first major computer manufacturer to commit to neutralizing the carbon impact of its worldwide operations, a significant extension of its global climate policy and environmental stewardship. “Never before in the history of business have we seen such a critical need to build a worldwide community dedicated to improving the …

Subjects: Internet

New Australian Legislation Would Allow Police to Ban Internet Content

Press release: “Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today slammed a Bill introduced into the Senate which would give members of the Australian Federal Police powers to ban access to Internet content. The Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Internet Content) Bill 2007 would, if enacted, give senior members of the Australian Federal Police powers to …

Subjects: Censorship, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation, Privacy

Forbes Latest List of 400 Richest Americans

The Forbes 400: “One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. The collective net worth of the nation’s mightiest plutocrats rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion.”

Subjects: Internet